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Ultra-thin laptops with quad-core S4 chips incoming

These next gen Qualcomm-powered Windows 8 laptops are set to make your MacBook Air feel fat come October

02 April 2012/12:15BST

Ever wish your laptop was, well, more like a tablet with plenty of ports and a full-sized keyboard? Qualcomm is here to grant your wishes from the sound of things as it has big plans for skinny Windows 8 laptops powered by its incoming quad-core Snapdragon S4 chips.

Tablet hybrids like the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity already run on Qualcomm's ARM-based dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor – but this new onslaught of 'always-on' laptops should come sporting hi-res screens like we're used to seeing on high-end tabs. So far, so Intel twelve months ago.

But Qualcomm reckons its quad-core S4 chips will arrive in Windows 8 machines that are considerably lighter and thinner than the MacBook Air and the slightest of Ultrabooks.